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JAGUAR’S HIGH SPEED test track near Gaydon, Warwickshire, is doing what it does best, which is fly by in a decadent blur at speeds in excess of 150 miles per hour. It’s a crisp, cool 11 degrees Celsius outside, with a not-inconsiderable crosswind making itself felt on the third straight. The galloping clouds are by John Constable.

Somewhat mysteriously, the company wanted me to test the new XKR-S, the final performance iteration of the XK coupe and convertible, with a 550-horsepower version of the supercharged direct-injection 5.0-liter V8 under the hood—up from the XKR’s 510 hp—and an alarming oversufficiency of torque: 502 pound-feet between 2,500 and 5,500 rpm.